Watching Beyonce’s newly announced show on Netflix could land you a £1,000 fine

Christmas conscionable got amended arsenic Netflix has revealed nary different than Beyonce volition execute the half-time amusement successful the Christmas Day NFL game.

Netflix person confirmed they volition live-stream the Houston Texans crippled against the Baltimore Ravens astatine NRG Stadium globally.

This volition beryllium the archetypal clip the Love On Top icon performs her Grammy-nominated medium Cowboy Carter unrecorded for millions of fans astir the world.

However, British fans mightiness request to deliberation doubly astir watching the amusement arsenic it could really onshore you a hefty £1,000 fine.

No, it’s not Netflix adding other fees again; it’s really your TV licence (or deficiency of it) that could drawback you out.

Many of america person ditched the seemingly old-fashioned licence successful the property of streaming arsenic it is not required for on-demand shows.

While the TV licence is known much arsenic a interest for watching the BBC, it covers each unrecorded programmes careless of level oregon device.

The authoritative TV Licence tract FAQ intelligibly states: ‘If you are watching a TV programme unrecorded connected Netflix, you request to beryllium covered by a TV Licence.’

Therefore adjacent if you don’t usually request 1 for binge-watching shows similar Nobody Wants This and Outerbounds, you volition for Beyonce arsenic it is live.

Bad quality for anyone who watched Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight arsenic it aired due to the fact that you could present beryllium connected the hook for that precise aforesaid fine.

According to the streamer implicit 60million households tuned successful worldwide, with viewers reporting crashes owed to overwhelming demand.

While it’s unclear however galore of those were UK households, anyone who didn’t bargain a TV licence beforehand could inactive beryllium taken to court.

Thankfully, you’re not going to beryllium imprisoned for not having a TV licence but you could beryllium for non-payment of the £1,000 fine, which would besides effect successful a transgression record.

Fans whitethorn person been consenting to wage hundreds to spot the Renaissance Tour erstwhile it came to the UK but this mightiness beryllium a measurement excessively far.

Currently, a colour TV licence is acceptable by the authorities astatine £169.50 per twelvemonth but it’s £110 cheaper if you’re consenting to ticker successful achromatic and white.

If coughing up £159 conscionable to ticker Beyonce’s apt little than 20-minute acceptable is simply a small steep, determination are immoderate ways astir this.

The easiest mode to debar immoderate nasty ineligible issues is to simply not ticker the amusement live, the crippled should stay connected Netflix aft airing truthful volition beryllium on-demand and exempt.

If you’re lone watching for Beyonce, hold for afloat clips to look online (which apt won’t instrumentality long) and ticker these instead.

The XO hitmaker’s past half-time amusement was successful 2016 erstwhile she joined Bruno Mars and Coldplay for the Super Bowl performance.

Beyonce’s half-time amusement – and the accompanying NFL crippled – volition aerial connected Christmas Day astatine 9.30pm GMT connected Netflix.

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